Dane Court Grammar School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B78
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Broadstairs, CT10 2RT
- Distance
- 0.3km away
The Charles Dickens School
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, CT10 2RL
Local ranking43rd of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1104
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 28 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 200
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1113
- Boys
- 557 (50%)
- Girls
- 560 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1104 (101% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 43.0%
- EAL
- 8.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,303/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.5%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
84.5%
White British
6.5%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Broadstairs Road
Broadstairs, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 144015
- UKPRN
- 10062895
- Establishment No.
- 4016
- Trust
- BARTON COURT ACADEMY TRUST
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